The unfolding

        of Your words

gives light....

        Psalm 119. 130

(I will not understand

everything.

I will not comprehend

everything at once.

But God is

   Himself to us,

unfolding His truth

and grace

in bite-size pieces.

"Trust Me in this."

I just might not

  be ready yet.)

O LORD,

May we seek You

in all things,

even that which

we don't understand

            at all.

But You are

the Almighty One.

Help us to trust You.

Help us to be aware

   of Your unfolding

   of it.

 

 

For this purpose

I was born

and for this purpose

I have come

     into the world --

to bear witness

     to the truth.

           John 18. 37

(God has strategically

positioned each of us

to bear witness,

point others to Him,

and bring the name

      of Jesus there.

As they say in Young Life,

"You were made for this."

God has equipped

and prepared us,

even in the most

 unusual experiences

and unlikely ways

and unexpected places,

to bring His glory there.

Even in this.

God redeems.

God always redeems.)

O LORD,

Help us to trust You,

not just with the next,

    but with the now.

Prepare us

not just for today,

but weave Your purposes

in everything we do

and say

and pray

and obey.

Help us respond

    to Your nudges

and love and serve

You even in the

          hard stuff.

We would be amazed

    at Your handiwork.

   even in this.

 

If Your law had not been

       my delight,

I would have perished

       in my affliction.

               Psalm 119. 92

(God's Word is

             my strength.

God's Word

   gives me hope on which

               to stake my life.

God's Word

   holds it all together.

God's Word changes me

  every time I read it.

More than I know.)

O LORD,

Order our days.

Guide our steps.

Direct our thoughts.

Align our hearts

          with Yours.

Weave Your Word

   into our lives.

For Your glory.

 

I glorified You on earth,

having accomplished

the work that

You gave me to do.

           John 17. 4

(Would I have a

   different attitude,

   approach,

   intent and effort

in this task

or hard appointment,

if I knew it was

               from God?

What if this difficult thing

was meant

     to glorify Him?)

O LORD,

We rarely recognize

    Your hand

in what we do

even while we

     are doing it.

Help us to bring

   Your holy Name

with us into this day

and keep in mind

      Your glory

and Your Presence.

Even in this.

There are

no small obediences

in Your economy,

        O LORD.

Grant us Your joy

    in loving

    and serving You.

 

Truly, truly I say to you,

whatever you ask

              of the Father

   in My name,

He will give it to you.

Until now you have

asked nothing

         in My name.

Ask,

and you will receive,

that your joy may be full.

           John 16. 23=24

(Have we asked at all?

Have we asked

             in His name,

our hearts aligned with His?

Willing to trust Him

     and to seek Him,

not just an answer

or a predetermined outcome?

"In Jesus name, Amen" are not

   magical words

to get what we want,

but words of trusting God

and dedication to Him,

          no matter what.)

O LORD,

We come before You,

not with our own agenda

    or gift registry,

but seeking You

           into this day,

a day and everything in it

              unknown to us

but totally known by You.

Lay Your day before us,

                 Almighty God.

You don't just do good.

     You are good.

You do not promise

       "get what you want,"

but "I am with you"

   in this broken world.

We ask You today

  to align our hearts

               with Yours.

 

And the king said,

"Is there not still someone

of the house of Saul,

that I may show

the kindness of God

                to him?"

          2 Samuel 9. 3

(There is someone

in my day today

and along my path today

to show the

         kindness of God.

There always are.

We are actually surrounded

by opportunities

both great and small

  to show the love

  and grace of God.

And there are

  no small kindnesses.

We have no idea

how God is using

our words, actions

and attitudes

to push back the darkness

in the lives of others

to point them to Him.

Or to encourage them

  through a deep valley.

Being kind

is not just something we do,

but also

    does something to us.

God changes us

   in the very core

          of who we are.

Act on one kindness

and the next will rise up.

We are even more aware.

How we see God

changes how we

         see others

and how we see

             ourselves.)

O LORD,

Help us not just

to be aware of times

      to be kind,

but to be kind,

every opportunity

            we can,

even in the unexpected.

To love You

and to love others,

even in what we think

   are small kindnesses

change the world radically

    one heart at a time

and point others to You.

     

 

Peace I leave with you.

My peace I give to you.

Not as the world gives

   do I give to you.

Let not your hearts

      be troubled,

neither let them be afraid.

             John 14. 27

(The peace of Christ

is not based on

the absence of conflict

or shifting circumstances,

but on His Presence,

even in

   impossible situations.

When our hearts

    are not troubled,

we approach things

       differently.

The reality of

      do not fear

is "I am with you.")

O LORD,

Help us to not just

        be not afraid,

but help us to

   go forth fearless

          with You

into what You

  have placed before us.

Fearless,

faithful,

fruitful.

Nothing is insignificant

     in Your economy.

All for Your glory

        in this day.

 

And he said,

"The LORD has

burst through my enemies

before me

     like a bursting flood."

Therefore the name

of that place is called

           Baal-Perazim.

          2 Samuel 5. 20

(Literally in the Hebrew,

Baal-Perazim means

"The Lord

    of breaking through."

That is one of the

    names of God.

That is Who we believe in.

That is Who He is.

Our foes and enemies

are anyone or anything

we fear,

both real and imagined.

Most often

the imagined ones

    are the most daunting.

Whatever our impossible

    and difficult situation,

no matter how overwhelming,

God is already working

   His victory into it,

and He will burst through

in ways that astound us

and in ways we may

            never recognize.

And He redeems our lives

  out of every adversity.

       --2 Samuel 4. 9

He always has.

He always will.

"Trust Me in this.")

O LORD,

We have seen too much

to question You in this.

You are Almighty God.

You love us.

And You are working

   deeply in us

and through us.

Help us not just to

      look to You,

but to be faithful to You,

even in the hard stuff,

even on the

     most ordinary days.

Because we know You,

we can approach

this situation differently.

Help us to be strong,

be courageous

and trust You in this.

Help us to feel the wind

     as we run with You.

 

He laid aside

   His outer garments,

and taking a towel,

tied it around His waist.

Then He poured water

into a basin and began

to wash the disciples' feet

and to wipe them

with the towel that was

   wrapped around Him.

              John 13. 4-5

(What are my outer garments

    that I need to lay aside?

Pride?

Worries?

Fear?

Selfishness?

What people may think?

And what are the

      towel and basin

that God has given me

               today

to serve Him

and bless others?

A way of seeing

  unexpected appointments,

a way of loving others

   to Jesus

in whatever way I can,

with whatever is in my hands

and He has placed in my heart.

Today will always

look very different

when my eyes are on Him

and I am willing

to trust Him in this situation.

I can't do everything,

  but I can do something.)

O LORD,

You have given each of us

towels and basins,

not just tools to serve You,

but hearts to bring

   Your Name here.

You equip us in ways

we don't understand

until the need arises,

and suddenly Your strength

        is made evident.

What are my towel and

        basin today?

Give me the courage

and heart

    to use them.

For Your honor

         and glory

   and Kingdom

and in Your Name.

Walk while you

      have the light,

lest darkness

      overtake you.

         John 12. 35

(Seizing every opportunity to

intentionally know Him more,

through scripture,

in fellowship,

by praying,

in worship,

in serving,

in loving Him

        and others.

Not what

       might have been,

or maybe later,

but in what is now.

Even in this.

We may not pass

       this way again.)

O LORD,

You say,

"Let's go for a walk."

Help us

to strap on our shoes

   and walk with You,

no matter the time

or place

or circumstances.

"Trust Me in this."

Help us to realize

that this is all about

   knowing You more

and trusting You in it.

It is not what we have done

or what we are doing,

but Your Presence with us

and Your hand over us.

Help us to walk with You,

right now in this moment,

before the night,

not just knowing

        You are with us,

but to know You are God.

 

 

...all the people

were bitter in soul,

each for his sons

         and daughters.

But David

strengthened himself

             in the LORD.

         1 Samuel 30. 6

(We live in a broken world.

We choose how to respond

to the hard things of life,

by choosing to despair

or choosing to trust God.

Trusting God always leads

to a different direction,

approach and response.

We cannot control

      circumstances

      or the outcome,

but we can trust Who does.

We can respond differently

because God has given

each of us hope in Him.

Pushed to the limits,

the end of our rope,

down in the dirt,

we don't just find

    our need for God.

We find Him already there.

    "I am with you."

 And that changes

           everything.)

O LORD,

Help us to trust You

in the hard stuff

when we don't understand

and don't know

          how to respond.

We choose to trust You.

Order our days.

Guide our steps.

Direct our thoughts.

And align our hearts

           with Yours.

May the strength and hope

we have in You

spill out all over

       those around us

to point them to You,

    O Almighty One.

How we see You

         changes us

not just in our response,

but how we see others

and how we see ourselves.

 

But David remained

     in the wilderness.

         1 Samuel 26.3

(Why in the world am I

in this strange place?

Because God has

strategically placed

      me here

for His purposes,

for His glory,

and for the wellbeing

     of many people.

Sometimes the wild

and the unknown

is the safest place on earth.

The wilderness is

           never barren,

but the site of

tremendous growth

in our relationship with God,

the ripening of His purposes,

the revealing of

         the great beauty

         of who He is.)

O LORD,

May we seek You today

wherever you place us,

in the known and ordinary,

in the wild and unknown.

There You are with us.

Fulfill Your purposes

            in and through us.

Open our eyes

to Your wonders

            all around us.

Use this wilderness time

to prepare and equip us.

Help us to be vastly aware

       of Your Presence

even in strange situations,

       for Your glory

and to bring Your name there.

 

Yet the men were

    very good to us,

and we suffered no harm,

and we did not miss

                 anything

when we were in the fields,

as long as we went with them.

They were a wall to us

  both by night and by day,

all the while we were

with them keeping the sheep.

              1 Samuel 25. 15-16

(What we do,

how we do it,

how we live,

how we treat others

on the most ordinary days

   and in ordinary ways

prepares and protects us

and provides

  a strong witness to others

who we are

      and Whose we are.)

O LORD,

There are no ordinary days

     in Your sight.

There are no circumstances,

  just opportunities

  to love and serve You

in the ways we treat others.

Help us to be faithful to You

by doing all things

        with excellence,

        grace and love,

   in Your Name

   and for Your glory.

Align our hearts with Yours,

              O LORD.

Even in this.

 

And everyone

   who was in distress,

and everyone

   who was in debt,

and everyone

   who was bitter in soul,

gathered to him. 

And he became

        captain over them.

         1 Samuel 22. 2

(God chooses

      the most unlikely,

the broken,

the marginalized,

the downtrodden,

those who know

   that it is not in them,

but the strength

of the LORD at work.

God redeemed their lives.

God redeems our own.

Even in this.

Even through this.)

O LORD,

May we be known

not by our achievements,

abilities,

favorable or

   unfavorable circumstances,

but by our faithfulness to You.

There is not one of us

who has not seen despair

   or been downtrodden

   in one season or another.

When we trust You,

our situation does not change,

      but our hearts.

We see differently.

We choose differently.

We live differently

   to bless You

and give You glory,

    O Almighty One.

Be captain over us

that we may

          know You more.

 

...at the presence

   of the God of Jacob,

Who turns the rock

   into a pool of water,

the flint into

   a spring of water.

             Psalm 114. 8

(Whatever our

     impossible situation,

between the rock

       and the hard place,

in the dried up places,

deep in the wilderness

 where there are no trails,

His Presence does not

just change how

    I look at

    or approach it,

His Presence does not

necessarily change

    the circumstances,

but supersedes them.

God is superior

to whatever is going on.

God takes His rightful place.

How we see our days

is reflected by

   how we see God.

His Presence impacts

          our hearts

and thoughts

and attitudes

and actions

and how we approach

the hard stuff

      and the favorable.)

O LORD,

You are not just great.

You are the Almighty.

You guide

   even into the hard stuff.

You provide

  even in the impossible.

You multiply

       not just stuff we need,

but Your Presence

    all over this day,

all over this situation,

all over our hearts.

May Your power

            and glory

be revealed

   even in our inadequacies.

May our focus be

  not on what we don't have,

but on Who You are.

May we worship You

  as we walk right into

  Your day for us.

Your Presence changes

            everything,

even our hearts.

 

And David had success

in all his undertakings,

for the LORD

       was with Him.

       1 Samuel 18. 14

(When we follow the LORD,

watch, listen,

and respond to Him,

something different

          always happens,

than if we went out

   on our own.

It is not about winning,

but intimacy with Him.

When we trust God,

no matter the circumstances

    or the outcome,

He empowers us in ways

   we don't even realize,

and it may not be

     about us at all,

but the flourishing of others.

We don't necessarily

     see in the dark,

but trust Him in the dark,

even in what

          we don't yet see.)

O LORD,

We thank You

not just for walking with us

but walking us through

the deep things of life

beyond our strength,

beyond our comprehension,

     but not beyond You.

Help us to trust You

     and be fearless

in serving You

   by loving others,

even in unlikely places

and unexpected ways.

Be with us

   in these struggles

and help us to see them

as opportunities

     to bring glory to You.

There is always more

                going on

than we can comprehend.

 

 

The LORD who delivered me

from the paw of the lion

and from the paw of the bear

will deliver me from

   the hand of this Philistine.

               1 Samuel 17. 37

(A chronicle of

    God's faithfulness,

a chronicle of

    God's preparedness,

one step of obedience

         to the next,

one step of His strengthening

         to the next,

one step of trusting Him

      even more to the next.

And we learn again and again,

     "I am with you.")

O LORD,

We all face what appears

    the insurmountable

    and overwhelming

in one dimension or another,

but this struggle

   is not insurmountable

                     to You.

Help us to follow You

and be strengthened by You

in the ordinary

that we would rely on You

      in the extraordinary.

If we do not trust You

and run with You

and be strengthened by You

     in the every days,

we will do nothing

            in the crisis.

Be our strength

             and our vision

that we would know You more

   even in what

   we don't yet see.

We need not fear

  because You are here

  and You are in this.

Be glorified, O LORD.

 

...and I will show you

    what you shall do.

         1 Samuel 16. 3

(Take one step

    of obedience to God

and the next step

    will become evident.

God uses willingness.

  "Trust Me in this."

We do not need to know

the outcome,

directions

     or direction,

or even the next step,

            to trust Him.

Because responding to God

     changes our hearts.

Faithfulness to God

         stays on course.

Be faithful in the now.

God takes care of the next.)

O LORD,

We come to You

with willing hearts

not just to do Your will

    but to love You.

It is not just in the doing

but in the abiding in You

     and being Yours.

Help us not just taking

        our next step

but to be faithful

            in the now.

You will show us

  what we shall do.

We don't have to

    run ahead of You,

just be willing

   to listen, respond

   and follow You

              into it.

 It may be that the LORD 

       will work for us,

for nothing can hinder 

             the LORD 

from saving by many

    or by few.

              1 Samuel 14. 6

(We can never fully know 

how God is working mightily 

in a million 

      different dimensions 

      and lives

    (most likely more than that),

but we can know

        He is working.

Even in this.

Even through this.)

O LORD,

You are not hindered

           at all 

by what appears 

   impossible and daunting 

and beyond our control

or power

or vision,

but You are glorified 

through the overwhelming 

that Your power

   is manifested 

   to us

and to generations

after us.

Our legacy is a

chronicle 

     of Your faithfulness.

Not narrow squeaks,

    but Your victory,

no matter the outcome.

 

For He shatters

the doors of bronze

and cuts in two

the bars of iron.

        Psalm 107. 16

(In the most impossible

          situations,

God does not just

provide a way through,

He provides His way

         into it.

God delivers

          not just out of,

but into for His glory.

There is always

   a lot more to this,

and that would be

  trusting Him in it.

We see bolted doors

         and dead ends.

God sees victory

in knowing

and trusting Him more.

God provides.

God protects.

God redeems.

God infiltrates

   His strength in this

   impossible situation.)

O LORD,

What seems a road block,

an impossible task,

a closing of opportunity

are Your ways

    of pointing us to You.

You may blast open

        that door of bronze,

You may lead us

               right through it,

but all along

that we would realize

  not our own strength

  and cleverness,

not even Your mighty hand,

        but Who You are,

   the Almighty God.

Help us to know You more

in whatever we face today.

 

But He said to them,

"It is I;

   do not be afraid."

          John 6. 20

(Even in mystery,

even in the shadows,

even when

      we don't understand,

may we recognize that

     Jesus is in this.

Know that He is with us

   and already at work.

Fear only distracts

   and disables us

   from what is before us.

When our youngest once

woke in fear in the night,

when she saw me, she said,

"Oh, if I knew you were here,

 I would not have been afraid."

Jesus says to us,

    "Right here with you.

     I've got this.

     I'm in this.")

O LORD,

Help us not just

to walk with You,

but to abide in You.

We may not know

what this situation is

            all about,

but You can guide us

   in it and through it

          for Your glory.

Help us to keep our eyes

and our hearts

           on You alone.

Help us to see,

approach

and navigate these

turbulent waters

               differently

because not just

       You are here,

but You are God.

Please order our days,

guide our steps,

direct our thoughts,

align our hearts today

            with Yours.

 

Now the day before Saul came,

the LORD had revealed

                to Samuel...

              1 Samuel 9. 15

(God prepares us

for His divine appointments,

even in those things

    we do not yet understand.

Each detail is essential

          to the whole,

every experience advances

          His purposes,

even when we cannot

  yet see His story in it,

  nor the outcome.

What is this all about?

God says,

     "Trust Me in this,

      trust Me with this,

trust Me through this.")

O LORD,

We cannot know

for what You are

       preparing us

to fulfill Your purposes

and to bring You glory

in unexpected places.

Help us to seek You

not just about situations

or difficulties

or the mysteries,

    or for answers,

but to seek You.

Prepare Your way for us

as we enter a new week

that we may listen and

watch and respond

and follow You into it.

We cannot know

         what is ahead,

but You do.

And Your resolution

  may not yet be ripened.

 

But He said to them,

"It is I;

   do not be afraid."

          John 6. 20

(Even in mystery,

even in the shadows,

even when

      we don't understand,

may we recognize that

     Jesus is in this.

Know that He is with us

   and already at work.

Fear only distracts

   and disables us

   from what is before us.

When our youngest once

woke in fear in the night,

when she saw me, she said,

"Oh, if I knew you were here,

 I would not have been afraid."

Jesus says to us,

    "Right here with you.

     I've got this.

     I'm in this.")

O LORD,

Help us not just

to walk with You,

but to abide in You.

We may not know

what this situation is

            all about,

but You can guide us

   in it and through it

          for Your glory.

Help us to keep our eyes

and our hearts

           on You alone.

Help us to see,

approach

and navigate these

turbulent waters

               differently

because not just

       You are here,

but You are God.

Please order our days,

guide our steps,

direct our thoughts,

align our hearts today

            with Yours.

 

...for those who

         honor Me

I will honor.

         1 Samuel 2. 30

(Faithfulness to God

is not impervious

        to circumstances,

but responsive to God

            in them.

Honoring God

always means

     making a choice

between my way

              or His,

between my glory

              or His.

For those who choose

to honor the LORD,

it is not just that

  the outcome will

  be very different,

      but the journey.

God honors

in His unexpected ways,

and always in

    His perfect timing.

God reveals

    and God redeems

far beyond our lifetimes.)

O LORD,

Help us to honor You

even in

    the simplest choices

    on ordinary days.

Because honoring You

          changes us

in ways we don't realize

to draw us closer,

to help us know You

in deeper dimensions,

as You guide and provide.

O LORD, order our days,

guide our steps,

direct our thoughts,

and align our hearts

              with Yours.

Help us to bring honor

         to You today

in whatever we do.

 

He will guard the feet

   of His faithful ones...

        1 Samuel 2. 9

(Faithfulness to God

   changes everything

about where He leads,

about what I do

   and how I do it,

about the journey,

about His uncountable

               outcomes.

Faithfulness to God

is not just about what I do,

but what it does to me.

Faithfulness

   keeps on keeping on,

sticking to God's Presence,

protection and provision,

even when I can't see

               the results.

God brings the fruitfulness

to generations beyond

              our lifetimes.

We have only to be

    faithful to Him

    in what He places

       before us.

One step of faithfulness

always directs to the next

and protects in ways

      we will never realize.)

O LORD,

We don't know what to do,

but our eyes are on You.

May whatever we do

and say

and pray

and how we serve You

reveal Your faithfulness

    and point others to You.

Help us to bring Your name

and Your glory

to impossible places,

even by how we follow You,

even by how we serve You,

even by how we

           love others

    in unexpected ways.

Help us to be faithful to You

        into this very day.

 No task is mundane

       for Your glory indeed.

 

...He sent a man

         ahead of them,

Joseph,

who was sold as a slave.

            Psalm 105. 17

(Even in what we

cannot understand,

even in really hard stuff,

God uses powerfully

          for generations.

Even in this lowly position,

God prepared Joseph

for what was to come.

God strategically and

divinely appoints us

in the most unlikely

and unexpected places

and ways

        for His glory

and the welfare of others

whom we may not know.

Even right where

        we are right now,

others are watching

to see if this God of ours

                  is real,

not by our successes

but how we respond

          when we are not.)

O LORD,

May we bless You today

in all that is before us,

right into Your glory

even in the struggles,

the difficulties,

and even the victories.

Help us to see prosperity

  as in following You and

not favorable circumstances.

Help us to realize that

faithfulness to You

carries far beyond

our lifetimes,

or achievements,

or what we can see.

Prepare us, O LORD,

not just for the future

   but for faithfulness

and fruitfulness

      in this work today.

And to know there are

   no ordinary days

          in Your glory.

 

They said to the woman,

"It is no longer

because of what you said

that we believe,

for we have heard

             for ourselves,

and we know

that this is indeed

the Savior of the world."

               John 4. 42

(Our witness,

our testimony,

our stories,

what we talk about,

what we pursue,

how we approach

     life differently,

points others to God.

Yes,

there is a different way

                  to live.

There is a God

      who loves you.)

O LORD,

You have placed each

        one of us

strategically among others

to point them to You.

Please help us

even on the most ordinary

              of days

and the most ordinary ways

to be faithful to You

and bold in our witness

in loving others

   right into Your Kingdom,

and in proclaiming

       "God did this.") 

 

Those who devise good

meet steadfast love

       and faithfulness.

         Proverbs 14. 22

(In most things we do,

we cannot yet determine

               an outcome,

but devising good

     bears a promise.

Not just "do good,"

but "devise good,"

to intentionally plan,

imagine, create,

and scheme

by careful thought

and leaving something

for the benefit

and well-being for others

              in its wake.

The devising of good

  lingers for a long time.

What can I do with

      this mess and chaos?

Devise good

  in whatever form I can.

That which is good

            and very good

doesn't just happen.)

O LORD,

You are good.

You do good things.

You are faithful and loving.

May we reflect

    Your character

    and nature today

in whatever is before us.

Help us to bring You

   into this situation

by bringing something

   good and unexpected

      into this day.

Help us to devise good,

to think about it,

              and do it,

whether taking a first step,

working faithfully,

or finishing up what

               is left hanging.

And through it,

            worship You.

 

...we speak

of what we know,

and bear witness

to what we have seen...

          John 3. 11

(We speak about

what is important to us.

We bear witness

to what we

     have experienced.

Our words and witness

are reflected in what

we seek,

pursue,

how we respond,

how we love,

who we love,

and what we love.

Christ transforms

   our hearts

in visible ways.)

O LORD,

We ask that

Your love and grace

    and strength

be manifest in

   all we speak

and how we respond,

no matter

       the circumstances.

May our witness be 

   Your transformation

           of our hearts.

Help us to approach

every struggle and joy

                differently

because we believe,

love

and follow You.

 

Jesus said

   to the servants,

"Fill the jars

         with water."

And they filled them

   up to the brim.

            John 2. 7

(Responding to God

                 fully,

   to the brim and

     and spilling over,

even when we

   don't know the outcome.

We have no idea

   how God will work

and how He

        is changing lives,

including our own hearts.)

O LORD,

We cannot know

how You are using us

and what You are up to.

Help us to

    fill the jars around us

    to overflowing.

You redeem all.

Nothing is common

      even as water

   in Your hands.

You redeem all.

And renew us

  through Your grace.

What do we need

     to do today?

Fill the jars

     for Your glory,

     Almighty God.

 

...and offered it

on the rock to the LORD,

to the One

   who works wonders.

            Judges 13. 19

(Am I placing this need,

this dilemma,

my shortcomings

         on the altar

and offering it to God?

Not just

   "show me what to

    do with this,"

but "align my heart

            with Yours."

Putting something

        on the altar

does not take it

     out of our hands,

but instead opens up

    our response to

    God's leading in it.

The word "works" here

is an active verb

and literally means

in Hebrew "working."

God is always

      up to something,

never ceases what

          He is doing,

never done.

We have only a glimpse

of what God can do

and of what He is doing

in our responding

                 to Him.)

O LORD,

We come before You

and lay on the altar

not just our sins

       and mess-ups,

but our praise and honor

   to You, Almighty One.

You are not just working

in our lives,

but You are abiding.

Help us to not miss

    the wonders

not just of what You do

        all around us,

but the wonders

       of who You are

and that You love us.

May we claim and proclaim

    Your Name

to our steps,

our words,

our actions,

our attitudes,

and point others to You.

This day

   is about Your glory,

even in what we

   cannot yet see.